Father Kit Cunningham, who died on December 12 aged 79, was for almost 30 years one of London's best-known parish priests as rector of St Etheldreda's, Ely Place, the first pre-Reformation church to return to Catholic hands.
Endowed with a genial Chestertonian figure and a powerful voice, he took up his appointment in 1980 when many traditional Catholic practices were fading with the torrent of reforms unleashed by the Vatican Council.
Instilling new life in the small parish, he attracted worshippers from outside by introducing a professional choir at the 11am Sunday Mass in the modern Latin rite. In addition, the former French diplomat, Father Jean-Marie Charles-Roux, often preached a stimulating (though sometimes outlandish) sermon.
There was also Wednesday afternoon Benediction, when the prayer for the conversion of England was said; the occasional singing of Cardinal Wiseman's hymn God Bless Our Pope (considered triumphalist by some ecumenists); and a monthly Tridentine Mass liturgy for the Latin Mass Society.
Elegantly redecorated after wartime bomb damage, St Etheldreda's became a fashionable venue for marriages — but there could be an element of unpredictability. One couple being taken through the service at their rehearsal were assured that they would prefer the cadences of The Book of Common Prayer. To emphasise his point Fr Kit tossed the anodyne modern Catholic version over his shoulder.
While many were drawn back to the faith by the generosity and sympathy he showed to those in difficulties from all walks of life, he had a particular mission to journalists. Fleet Street was only 10 minutes' walk away from the church, so Catholics could attend midday Masses on holydays of obligation and even have time for a drink in the pub next door.
Such was Cunningham's concern for the spiritual health of hacks that he opened his doors to The Keys, the Catholic writers' guild. On these occasions Mass was followed by supper with a generous supply of wine, before the Guild prayer of St Francis de Sales (the patron saint of journalists) was intoned as the prelude to a talk by an invited guest.
Hacks of other faiths — and none — gradually realised that here was a Catholic priest who would comment sensibly on any news story. He had no time for a rock musical in which the Pope is seduced by a nun; and little for Elizabeth Hurley when she was reported to have worn a plunging neckline at her son's christening. Was she worried that the baby would be the centre of attention? he asked.
Yet while warning the public to avoid an internet Ouija board, he pointed out that the Church had no copyright on the wearing of a cross. When John Thaw was making the television series Monsignor Renard he went to Cunningham to be shown the correct way to wear a cassock and perform the Last Rites.
Cunningham was also a member of the diocesan marriage tribunal and a chaplain to Bart's hospital as well as to Brixton prison and Wormwood Scrubs, to which he would travel by taxi with a rabbi. He edited a diocesan paper, The Westminster Record, wrote a guide book, and made a video recounting how St Etheldreda's began as a chapel of the bishops of Ely in the reign of Edward I. After the Reformation it was briefly part of the Spanish embassy, then a Roundhead stable during in the Civil War, a Welsh Episcopalian church and a factory before the Rosminians acquired it in 1874.
After restoring the old cloister Cunningham extended the scope of its café, which dispensed coffee and biscuits after Mass, to provide light lunches, declaring somewhat fancifully that it was "rather like the Ritz but about a fifth of the price". With his gift for making unholy alliances, he formed links with a nearby restaurant which offered wedding feasts that included a red wine showing Cunningham on the label. At the same time, packets of sandwiches were given to down-and-outs who came to the door.
There were occasional grumbles. Some clergy said that the church needed a library more than a restaurant. A service of blessing for Buddhist tourists, which initially received cautious approval from Cardinal Hume, was soon withdrawn.
Cunningham's most arresting innovation was his annual Strawberry Fayre, held around the feast of St Etheldreda in June, to raise money for charity. Inspired by the Duke of Gloucester's request in Richard III for strawberries from the bishop's palace, it became one of the colourful little events of London. Under the supervision of Ely Place's uniformed beadle, parishioners mingled with tourists, pilgrims and passers-by, clergy and celebrities, jugglers and stilt walkers while stalls offered them flowers, plants and books as well as strawberries and cream provided by local firms.
The son of a senior civil servant in the Customs and Excise, Christopher Basil Cunningham was born on November 18 1931 and given Christian names that his mother thought would be appropriate for a bishop. He went with his three brothers to Ratcliffe College in Leicestershire, run by the Rosminian order, then entered its novitiate at Wadhurst, Sussex.
After teaching at Ratcliffe for several years, he studied at the Gregorian University and was ordained at the basilica of St John Lateran in Rome. Several years as a teaching missionary in Tanzania followed.
For many years, until her death in 2006, Fr Kit had the loyal support at St Etheldreda's of his companion and friend Jenny Floyd. He finally retired from St Etheldreda's after his shoulder was broken by a man who had a fit and fell on top of him at a theatre. In retirement he lived, never entirely happily, in Italy and Chelsea before settling in the Rosminian house in Ireland.
He was proud of having raised the profile of the Church, and drew great satisfaction from the day in 1998 when he donned his top hat to receive the MBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace.


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Daisy Chute + Cerian + Michele Stodart + Natalie Lindi (The HEARD Collective takeover!)
While the doors to our beloved venue remain closed and the whole world as we know it seems to have turned upside down, we wanted to continue to do what we love doing! So…. we are very proud to present "Virtually Green Note… in the round"… a series of specially-curated, unique online musical events that will run every Wednesday and Friday evening at 8pm (UK time), streamed live to our website, our YouTube and Facebook page.
If you watch this show (and are able to) we would like to like to ask you to make a donation via our PayPal link and support the musicians during this difficult time. All the money raised for each show, will be divided four ways, between the venue and the three artists playing on this date. Please know that we, and all the musicians involved, are incredibly grateful for the support of music-loving audiences… and it enables us to keep doing what what we do!
Suggested donation £10, but any donation will be much appreciated. Thank you!
DAISY CHUTE Daisy Chute is a folk-americana songstress, banjo-wielding multi-instrumentalist and hyphen-loving Londoner, possessing a "Gorgeous Voice" (Guy Garvey, Elbow). Daisy's musical roots are born out of her transatlantic Scottish/American heritage and she has been compared to artists like Joni Mitchell, Simon & Garfunkel and Eva Cassidy (BBC Radio). Daisy writes intelligent songs with stories, and performs them with spine-tingling vocals, rich harmonies and intricate instrumentation.Represented by Talentbanq Agency And mentored by Sir Ray Davies, Daisy is an award-winning artist coming first in the Coffee Music Project singer-songwriter competition with her song 'London's on Fire' which can be heard in over 900 Caffe Nero stores around the world. Last year saw an unprecedented year of over 130 performances across the UK and US with highlights including débuts at Glastonbury Festival, Union Chapel and in Danny Boyle/Richard Curtis' feature film 'Yesterday'. These days you can find Daisy live streaming online for her regular Sunday shows at 6pm BST on her Facebook and YouTube pages (@daisychuteofficial).When she's not busy songwriting, recording or selling out independent venues, Daisy offers her dulcet tones to countless soundtracks for films, TV shows and games and for bands like Radiohead, Elbow and Two Door Cinema Club. Formerly of Universal's Platinum-selling classical quartet All Angels, Daisy loves collaboration and is the co-founder of HEARD Collective – an artist collective who promote and support women in music, and the co-writer of COVEN – a gig theatre show about witches.
"Beautiful, exquisite melodies, insightful lyrics and a wealth of wonderful musicality makes Daisy an artist that is destined for great things.." Tony Moore (Soho Radio, The Bedford)
CERIAN
Described as "the purest voice on radio" (BBC) and selected as one of Music Republic Magazine's "ones to watch" in 2019, London singer-songwriter and producer, Cerian, is a multi-instrumentalist described as a cross between Kate Bush, Joni Mitchell and London Grammar, weaving together soaring melodic vocals and rich harmony with poetic lyrics. Known for being a ground-breaking singing harpist, Cerian is a sponsored artist of Rees Harps and is fast gaining a reputation as one of London's most unique artists. With the "voice of an angel" (Music Injection), Cerian writes darkly moving and beautiful folk-pop songs. Having sung on Radiohead's latest album and with the likes of U2, Thom Yorke, Sam Smith, Imogen Heap, Neneh Cherry and Charlotte Church, she is now taking on the world with her own brand of contemporary dark ethereal folk-pop.
Having released four singles to critical acclaim, her debut EP "Caught in the Dark" was released this year and has garnered glowing reviews and extensive BBC Radio play and support from BBC Introducing. Cerian has quickly gained a reputation as a captivating live performer from appearances at Glastonbury Festival, Village Underground and two sold-out headline shows at The National Portrait Gallery.
Cerian has also released a single recorded at Abbey Road Studios as part of the HEARD Collective that she co-founded and runs with her colleague Daisy Chute to promote and support women in music.
"Cerian has that rare type of compelling vocal that effortlessly captures its listener's attention with its extraordinary range and purity. 'Wasteland' is a flawlessly executed track… a breathtaking, emotive, punch to the gut. " – When the Horn Blows
MICHELE STODART
Michele Stodart is a solo artist as well as bassist, vocalist and co-songwriter with much loved, Double Platinum selling The Magic Numbers. The band recently released their fifth studio album, Outsiders, in May 2018 to great critical acclaim. In 2012, Michele self released an album of her own songs, Wide-Eyed Crossing, a southern drenched journey into Americana country blues. "I never thought I'd release a solo album, but I needed closure from those songs, so recording them was the only way to truly move on."
Michele continued writing, and started using her skills on bass, guitar and backing vocals, which led to many projects on stage and in the studio with artists including Kathryn Williams, David Ford, Ren Harvieu, David Kitt, O'Hooley & Tidow amongst many others. Michele later signed to none other than Bjork's record label One Little Indian releasing her second solo album Pieces in 2016. The album and Michele's intimate heart wrenching live performances really sets her apart from her peers and proves she is an artist and songwriter in her own right. There are plans in the pipeline to record a new album this year.
"Steeped in languid melancholy… [it] sits in a rich tradition that encompasses such touchstone female performers as Karen Dalton, Judee Sill… Emmylou Harris or Gillian Welch… 'Pieces' may just be the most impressive record she's ever made" – 8/10 – Uncut
"To say that Michele's songs are 'rich' is rather an understatement – it has become the norm for the majority of people at her gigs to leave either speechless, or (and more often the case) crying…. Michele's solo music is truly breathtaking." – For Folk's Sake
NATALIE LINDI
Natalie Lindi is a soulful singer-songwriter born and raised in London. Borrowing sounds from her South African heritage Lindi's raw, heartfelt style can be summed up as "Acoustic Soul".
Natalie has performed upstairs at Ronnie Scotts, the Roundhouse Beach, Brighton Komedia, Altersonic festival in the Netherlands, and most recently won first place in the Open Mic UK competition. Her debut release Peace was featured on BBC Introducing's radio show, and she recently released her single "Tattoo" to raise money for domestic violence victims. She looks forward to sharing new music in the near future.
About the HEARD Collective:
Singer-Songwriters Daisy Chute and Cerian co-founded the HEARD Collective after they met in the studio recording vocals for Radiohead album A Moon Shaped Pool in 2016.
Both multi-instrumentalists with Celtic roots and renowned for their angelic voices, they decided to combine forces and form a new collective of female musicians who tour together, play together and support one another. The idea was born out of a desire for more female representation in the industry and was inspired by other collectives such as Nashville-based I'm With Her, British collaborations Songs of Separation, Woman to Woman and music by indie folk/pop bands like First Aid Kit and The Staves.
Playing regular shows in London and guest spots at festivals like Glastonbury, HEARD Collective are usually found at their favourite venues like Green Note, but until they can return to the gigging and festival circuit once more you can find them hosting live streams every Tuesday at 8pm BST featuring different guests on their Facebook and YouTube pages (@HEARDCollective).

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New School Network's 'comprehensive grammars' – a contradiction, surely?
A comprehensive school accepts pupils irrespective of prior attainment.
The width and depth of this misunderstanding is demonstrated in this Guardian headline .


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Update on Clackmannanshire Bus Services to FVRH
We are committed to working closely with Clackmannanshire Council and community planning partners to explore a number of potential public transport options which could provide future links with Forth Valley Royal Hospital.
A very positive meeting was recently held with representatives from the council and the local Third Sector Forum, which represents a wide range of community and voluntary organisations across Clackmannanshire, to discuss a number of suggestions. These included the possibility of introducing a new community bus service and it was agreed that this should be explored as part of a wider review of transport across Clackmannanshire which is being carried out by a Community Transport Steering Group set up by the Third Sector Forum.
NHS Forth Valley also plans to extend the contract for the existing H1 and H2 services for a short period of time to allow a number of proposals to be explored and assessed in more detail.
Tom Steele, NHS Forth Valley's Strategic Director of Property and Facilities, said: "It is simply not sustainable or good use of NHS resources to continue to fund the existing H1 and H2 bus services as these are poorly used and cost up to £28 in subsidies for each return passenger journey."
"These buses often run empty or with only a handful of passengers and very few people are actually using the service to travel to and from the hospital. However, we recognise that there are local concerns about future transport links to the hospital and we are committed to working with the council and other local partners to explore a number of alternative transport arrangements which could provide a more sustainable and affordable solution."


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The sellers were out in droves in both Class III and cheese futures yesterday, driving values to fresh contract lows for a second day in a row on heavy volume courtesy, in part, to a soft spot call. Options volume was also heavy with over 3,600 class III options and over 1,000 cheese options trading during yesterday's session. Price weakness and heavy trading ahead of what again turned out to be a bearish cold storage number that saw total cheese stocks swell to 1.178 billion pounds (full breakout below).
The market was likely expecting a bearish stocks number, so that was likely already priced in, but the fact that spot cheese is finding its way to the exchange and pressing back to the lower edge of the range has the market on edge. There's a lot of cheese out there and more in the pipeline moving forward, which begs the question…will domestic demand be sufficient to carry the weight and keep prices from crashing lower from here? As with any market, it's a function of supply and demand which has me thinking that we're nearing the tipping point to where the full weight of consistently strong cheese production will bear down and break the market. Too much supply and not enough demand. High prices cure high prices and low prices cure low ones. You've heard it before and yes—prices have moved lower, just not low enough for the market to serve its function because the price signal to cut back production is only now starting to be received. From a technical standpoint, the market is oversold and due for a corrective bounce in the coming days, however the sustainability of any upside action will be called into question and those who step in to sell will likely be rewarded for it as they have in the past.
Bids in the Class IV market evaporated after the release of the latest cold storage tallies and a reversal in butter spooked bidders and set the stage for additional pressure to be brought to bear in the short term. With butter stocks coming in 31.7% higher that year ago levels and 26.5% above a month ago, the trade will have its work cut out if a bullish wave is to materialize. Granted, stocks did come in lighter than expected, but the fact remains that there's quite a bit of product out there at 196.1 million pounds. As with cheese, the question will be whether demand is sufficient to keep prices from tumbling and while we don't expect the market to necessarily fall apart as a result of this tally, but it could prove difficult to keep a $2 handle on the yellow giant as we move forward. For the time being, the trade is wrestling with technical levels of interest which were breached last week and should now serve as resistance levels (blue line on April chart below).
The NFDM market continues to seek out direction as it has been loath to stray from the comfort of its short term 10 and 20 day moving averages. This has been the pattern for the better part of the month and without a breakout in the spot price, range bound futures trade will likely persist. The market does feel heavy though and with upside rally attempts previously stifled, we see no reason for that trend to shift any time soon.
We look for a mixed opening for Class IV, Butter and NFDM.
A wave of selling pressure blitzed through the grain trade yesterday, courtesy of a sharply lower crude oil market again raised the question of the health of the global economy. By the closing bell, corn was a nickel in the red while both beans and wheat shaved a dime on technical selling and an overall bearish picture. Granted, the unknown weather aspect for the 2016 growing season looms, but the trade is thirsting for something more to move on and without a real story, bullish action has been met with pressure. The latest downdraft in the crude oil market is only serving to further weigh on investor confidence as macro fears once again are brought to the forefront. Couple that with Saudi Arabia ruling out any production cuts, one has to wonder whether the February lows are in the cross hairs and with crude inventories rising by 7.1 million barrels to 506.2 million in the week ending February 19th, that is a distinct possibility.
A Reuters poll ahead of the USDA Ag Outlook Forum pegged 2016 U.S. corn plantings at 89.65 million acres, up from 88.0 mln in 2015 but below the USDA's initial 90.5 mln ac figure. Soybean acreage was seen at 83.3 mln, up from 82.65 mln LY and the 82.0 mln ac government working number. All wheat planted area came in at 52.4 mln ac, below 54.64 mln LY and the 53.0 mln ac USDA working estimate.


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The Manchester University Department of Music presents the University Bands Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 4 in Cordier Auditorium.
General admission is $5. Admission is free for Manchester students, faculty and staff.
The performance features the Symphonic Band and Jazz Ensemble conducted by Scott Humphries; and the Percussion Ensemble conducted by Bruce Schneider.


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Maurice Allen eyes return to LDET
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Maurice Allen is planning a return the LDET this season.
The 2018 Long Drivers European Tour promised to be one of the best yet, and it's proving to be just that. Maurice Allen, 2-time LDET champion, is eying a return to the tour, adding to the riveting storylines at start of the season.
Allen, a 36-year-old American from Pine Hills, Florida, needs little introduction — his resume does all the talking:
7-time Wold Long Drive Finalist (2011-2017)
#1 ranked Long Drive Competitor in the World (2017)
World Long Drive Tour Champion (2017)
Guinness World Record for fastest golf ball speed (211 mph; 3-wood)
(And that's only part of it.)
On top of preparing for his return to the LDET, Allen keeps plenty busy as one of the game's most recognizable names. He was among 17 other personalities competing in the first season of the Golf Channel's Shotmakers television show filmed at Top Golf in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the show, Allen, with teammate Tania Tare, a pro golfer and Instagram-famous trick shot artist from New Zealand, compete against 8 other two-person teams in a precision shotmaking contest. (Spoiler alert: Team Sharks make an early exit in the third round of the competition.)
Off the set, Allen's in constant preparation for long drive events, competing in the Wold Long Drive, Long Drive World Series, IGANZ, and Japanese events in addition to the LDET.
"I work extremely hard because there is TONS of great talent bursting on the scene every year along with previous hitters always improving," Allen says of his preparations for the 2018 LDET season." I'm hoping to compete at a high level and continue to grow the sport of long Drive worldwide."
A born athlete, Allen was introduced to the game at an early age, though pursued success in other sports before committing to competitive golf in 2010. Athletic prowess aside, he's also well-known for his energizing personality on the tee box — especially his signature Ric Flair routine.
"It was just a simple dare from my training partner Micheal tucker. I never thought it was gonna turn into what it did, but honored and humbled." Allen tells CGB. "It comes from the countless hours of training that I put in daily. I work very hard in training so I can have a ton of fun on the tee."
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Allen says that level of intensity stays the same during competition no matter where he's hitting. "I look forward to every opportunity to compete and put on a great show for the crowds."
Accolades and antics aside, Allen says he's actually a very "chill" person and he's bringing a true veteran mentality into his LDET season while remaining humble. He notes there are "TONS" of great players coming into the scene every year, while others continue to get better, keeping him accountable to maintain his training schedule.
"Europe is full of dangerous hitters," Allen says, "People across the pond haven't heard of but they wont be a secret for long."
Allen's return to the top ranks of the LDET is no guarantee either, With the likes of Robin "The Hungarian Hulk" Horvath, who started the season with two top-three finishes, and a wealth of young talent in the field every event, the tour is seeing one of its most competitive seasons to date. That young talent fuels not only the excitement we've seen in the early goings of the 2018 season but serves as another indication of the on going growth of the game as a whole — something veterans like Allen can recognize.
"Golf is growing on the long Drive side with tours popping up all over the world," Allen says. "This sport will be huge in the next 3-5 years."
Allen's debut was perviously set to be at the Sweden Championship at Täby Golf Klub May 4th-5th. 2018 LDET event winners Horvath and Martin "Beard" Borgmeier, and 2017 Tour Champion Matt Nicole are are surely ready and waiting to challenge the former champion, but the LDET announced on social media that Allen has withdrawn from the event due to injury.
Fans can connect with Allen on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, and online at mauriceallen360.com.


This looks nice but i found it expensive cos i could get great brands like color club or china glaze or misa online for less than TBS's price.
the sparkling pink is so so prettty!!!!
both shades are gorgeous! :D although right now I'm looking more at the sparkling pink for year end...hehehe..wonder what would happen if I layer both together..??
That black is gorgeous, love the shimmers!


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Preflight Check With CORS
Modern web applications can draw resources from anywhere on the web. Fonts, JavaScript libraries, images, and other data can be fetched from CDNs, Amazon, IMDB, or anywhere else that provides a public API. Early browsers restricted web applications to same-origin requests, which prevented the sharing of resources between applications, but also ensured that data from one application could not be tampered with by another. The thinkers at the W3C came up with a means of communicating safe cross-origin requests that would allow even destructive remote actions to be performed, as long as the server consented to receive the request. Enter CORS, and preflighting.
What is CORS?
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing occurs when JavaScript on a web page requests data from (or sends data to) a location on a different host. Any website that embeds a video from YouTube, uses a custom font, or posts to social media on your behalf, is making a CORS request. CORS is a set of web standards developed to enable safe cross-domain communication.
What is preflighting?
CORS functions through the specification of new HTTP headers that allow servers to describe the origin and nature of the request. For each outgoing request to a different domain, the browser will look at the headers to determine if the request that looks like it will affect data on the receiving server. Any simple request that uses one of the common HTTP verbs and a basic Content-Type are allowed to pass without further comment. But if the request has different header values, the browser checks with the server first to make sure the request is expected. This is called a pre-flight check.
What does a simple CORS request look like?
For simple requests (no pre-flight check), the method must be one of:
- GET
- POST
The only extra headers allowed are:
- Accept
- Accept-Language
- Content-Language
- Content-Type
For the Content-Type header, the only allowed values are:
- application/x-www-form-urlencoded
- multipart/form-data
- text/plain
XMLHttpRequests (aka XHRs or ajax) use CORS to mitigate the risks of pulling or pushing sensitive data across domains. For example:
var body = 'very safe, ordinary text content'
var url = 'http://api.example.com'
var request = new XMLHttpRequest()
request.open('POST', url, true)
request.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
request.send()
The browser checks out the request, sees that it is unlikely to have any negative consequences, and passes it along to the requested endpoint. In the Network tab, simple CORS requests will appear by themselves:
What does a pre-flight CORS request look like?
For non-simple requests, the method could be any of the HTTP verbs along with any other combination of headers. For example:
var body = 'possibly unstable or malicious content'
request.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
In this request I am trying to POST a JSON object to an API endpoint, which could potentially have destructive consequences for data on the other side of the endpoint. When the browser inspects the headers of this request it gets suspicious, and fires off a preliminary request to the endpoint with the meta data from the request:
The server at the endpoint responds to the pre-flight request with a list of authorized headers, including acceptable request origins, content, and actions.
Ignoring for a moment that the requests fail (because api.example.com does not exist), the non-simple CORS request produces two requests instead of one:
The result of the pre-flight OPTIONS request will determine if the second is ever sent on to the endpoint. This is how browsers keep your application data secure from malicious or unintended changes.
Why OPTIONS, and not POST?
I found this great answer on stackoverflow that explains why the creators of CORS made a new request type, OPTIONS. Before the CORS standards were introduced, neither browsers nor servers knew how to handle cross-domain requests. Browsers would throw an error, but servers would process the request without concern. Inventing a new method type that CORS-enabled browsers AND CORS-aware servers could handshake with ensures that both sides are sensible to the meaning of the pre-flight request.
Learn more about the web standards at W3C
Find out more about how CORS is implemented at Mozilla
Find out what web browsers support CORS at caniuse.com


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Chrissy Teigen Reveals That She Has Been Sober For 1 Month
Bridget Hill
Dec 29, 2020 7:46 PM PST
Credit: Source: FactsHerald.com
Chrissy Teigen took to her Instagram this week to tell her fans that she has been sober for one month. The former supermodel shared her condition not long after she posted a happy dancing video on her Instagram today, this Tuesday.
One fan wrote to Teigen that they needed "whatever drugs" she was taking, and the 35-year-old responded that she has been sober for "4 weeks." She added a bunch of emojis and praying hands emojis as well; it's clear Chrissy is content with her current progress.
Chrissy Teigen Got Breast Implants Removed And She Couldn't Be Happier
It's not entirely clear what drug or substance she has been abstaining from, because Chrissy never said anything else. Regardless of what information she did or did not disclose, fans were thrilled to hear about her sobriety journey.
One fan wrote that they have been sober as well, and they "loved" hearing about Chrissy's decision to stay away from drugs and alcohol. Another user encouraged Teigen to continue one day at a time. As most know, Teigen has struggled for the last few months but not specifically from drug abuse.
Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, Kanye West And Kim Kardashian Give Fans Double Date Vibes At John's Birthday Party - Check Out The Pics
Back in October, Teigen shared that she had suffered a miscarriage. At the time, Chrissy posted a black and white photo of herself sitting in the hospital bed, looking extremely upset. Near the end of the same month, Chrissy said she and John were "quiet" but they were doing "okay."
Chrissy Teigen Apologizes For Making 'S**tty Joke' About Megan Thee Stallion While She's Recovering From Gunshot Wounds
Chrissy and John then were the subject of many tributes and commemorations on social media, including from people like Kate Beckinsale and Terry Crews, who showered Teigen with praise and kind words. Kate, for instance, claimed Chrissy was so brave for telling her story.
Following the news of their baby's death, Chrissy and John honored the baby with his name tattooed on her wrist. Regarding Chrissy's decision to abstain from substances, reasonable evidence from the past shows that she may be referring to alcohol.
According to Page Six, Chrissy has admitted to alcohol problems before. She first talked about it back in 2017 when she claimed she found it challenging to just have one drink; the temptation of having another was just too strong. The star also admitted that her entire family has struggled with alcohol addiction.
Chrissy Teigen Addresses Experiencing Depression And Triggers Massive Interest From People
Chrissy Teigen Warns Michael Costello She'll Take Him To Court Over 'Faking' DMs Proving She Bullied Him!
Farrah Abraham Thinks Chrissy Teigen Shouldn't Be 'Canceled' Amid Cyberbullying Scandal - Here's Why!
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For awhile now I've been fascinated with the use of rope in interior design and I started to notice a trend in rope becoming a bigger player in the accessories market for Spring 2015. I've got a rope belt that was on a COREY dress from years ago and I always love to tie it around my favorite pair of Levi's and other baggy pants during the spring and summer time. It looks like this simple idea is taking shape in many different varieties in Spring dressing this year which makes me happy. I love when a simple item such as rope becomes a trend as it is so easy to work with and so easy to find.


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Q: How can edit object list dynamic in c# Example in C#:
List<dynamic> ListaPersonas = new List<dynamic>() {
    new { valor= 1,Nombre="maria"},
    new { valor= 2,Nombre="jose"},
    new { valor =3,Nombre="juan"}
};

foreach (var item in ListaPersonas)
    if (item.Nombre == "jose")
        item.valor = 7;

Error

Can not assign property or indexer '<> f__AnonymousType0 <int, string> .value' because it is read-only

I have a list with data and I have to go through it and apply validations, which causes some values to be modified. What is the best way to achieve this?

A: As others have said, you should most likely be using a strongly typed Persona class. It will make your code much easier to read, use, and maintain.
However, if you have to use dynamic, one thing you could do is replace the item whose property you want to change with a new item that contains the information you want.
Note that, because the list is dynamic, we don't know the type of objects it contains, which means that blindly accessing properties of the objects could easily throw an exception.
In order to handle that, you would need to ensure that the property exists before accessing it. AND, we also need to make sure it is the proper type before doing the comparison. This results in pretty ugly code, which is just one more reason to use strongly-typed classes where possible.
foreach (var item in ListaPersonas.ToList())
{
    if (item.GetType().GetProperty("Nombre") != null &&
        item.GetType().GetProperty("Nombre").PropertyType.Equals(typeof(string)) &&
        item.Nombre == "jose")
    {
        ListaPersonas.Remove(item);
        ListaPersonas.Add(new { valor = 7, Nombre = item.Nombre });
    }
}

A: Problem
Consider the following:
List<dynamic> ListaPersonas = new List<dynamic>() {
    new { valor = 1, Name = "maria" }, //Has Name, no Nombre
    new { Bar = 2, Nombre="jose" }, //Has Bar, no valor
    new { valor = 3, Foo="juan", Bar = 1 } //has valor, no Nombre, and added Foo & Bar
};

This will compile just fine.  Now apply the same logic you did earlier:
foreach (var item in ListaPersonas)
{
    //This would throw an exception on dynamics that did not have a "Nombre" property
    if (item.Nombre == "jose")
    {
        item.valor = 7;
    }
}

This would throw an Exception because not all of the dynamic objects have a property Nombre.
Suggestion
What I would strongly suggest you do is create a class that describes your data:
public class Persona
{
    public string Nombre { get; set; }
    public int Valor { get; set; }
}

Then you can easily do the following:
List<Persona> ListaPersonas = new List<Persona>() {
    new Persona() { Valor = 1, Nombre="maria" },
    new Persona() { Valor = 2, Nombre="jose" },
    new Persona() { Valor = 3, Nombre="juan" }
};

foreach (var item in ListaPersonas)
    if (item.Nombre == "jose")
        item.Valor = 7;

A: The problem is ListaPersonas getting a list of anonymous objects which are read only.

ListaPersonas[0].GetType().Name

The above code returns AnonymousType. So we're gonna cast the list as a dynamic List<ExpandoObject> by creating an extension class.
Change your code to:
    dynamic ListaPersonas = (new List<dynamic>() {
        new { valor= 1,Nombre="maria"},
        new { valor= 2,Nombre="jose"},
        new { valor =3,Nombre="juan"}
    }).ToDynamic();

    foreach (var item in ListaPersonas)
        if (item.Nombre == "jose")
            item.valor = 7;

Add this class to your project
public static class DynamicExtensions
{
    public static dynamic ToDynamic(this object value)
    {

        var list = new List<ExpandoObject>();
        foreach (var item in (List<dynamic>)value)
        {
            IDictionary<string, object> expando = new ExpandoObject();
            foreach (PropertyDescriptor property in TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(item.GetType()))
            {
                expando.Add(property.Name, property.GetValue(item));
            }
            list.Add(expando as ExpandoObject);
        }
        return list;
    }
}


Hello all, i have just purchased a berlingo enterprise 16hdi diesel 08 reg. It did not have the owners and audio/radio book with the vehicle. Does anyone know where i can get copies from.
(10-03-2013, 12:45 AM)Deon Wrote: Hello all, i have just purchased a berlingo enterprise 16hdi diesel 08 reg. It did not have the owners and audio/radio book with the vehicle. Does anyone know where i can get copies from.
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Q: Android Signing application on Windows I am trying to Sign up APK to upload it on to the Play Store Market. I am following the steps underlined here
I am getting the following error

When i try to Sign the Application using Eclipse project->Android Tools->Export Signed Application Package.

A: Copy your keystore file to a directory which has no spaces. Your current path is C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_27\bin\my-release-key.keystore which contains the directory Program Files (x86) with spaces. JarSigner cannot identify directories with spaces.

A: You don't need to do it with commands. In Eclipse, right click on your project->Android Tools->Export Signed Application Package.
Follow the wizard and you will have an signed apk without pain.
Edit:
After a quick search about the new error, this thread seems to contain possible fix for you. At instance, please try to clean your project and build it again. If it does not fix your problem, also try the fix mentioned in the link.


2. Bundesliga club Hamburg have announced the signing of Holstein Kiel midfielder David Kinsombi.
The 23-year-old has signed a four-year deal with the club and will join the Volksparkstadion outfit this summer. Transfermarkt report the fee to be €3 million.


The Durban Platform for Enhanced Action holds out the promise of progress towards a climate treaty that includes greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limitations commitments by all major emitting countries, including developing as well as developed countries. But as the UNFCCC process still faces significant obstacles, it needs to be supplemented, supported and furthered by concerted domestic and international efforts to build from the bottom up, a network of more limited and targeted regulatory and financial arrangements that would promote transnational cooperation, coordination and quantitative progress in reducing net GHG emissions.
This paper focuses on specific transnational arrangements that are regulatory in character, involving standards, protocols, and other norms for products and production and process methods, for investments, financing, and trade, for generating and transmitting information, and other activities relevant to achieving GHG reductions. These transnational programs would focus to a considerable extent on achieving economic or environmental objectives other than climate protection, but in doing so would stimulate behavioral changes and instigate institutional arrangements that produce GHG reductions as a co-benefit. These regimes would involve not only major emitting countries but also firms, sub-national jurisdictions, civil society organizations (CSOs) and international organizations. These latter actors are not part of the UNFCCC process (other than as observers), but often already have significant economic and other non-climate incentives to undertake actions that will reduce GHG, or would readily respond to the deployment of such incentives. The strategy is to complement the universalist state-centered UNFCC process with a suite of concerted initiatives for regulatory and financial cooperation and coordination in specific fields involving non-state as well as state actors, focused on the most promising targets of opportunity for near-term emissions reductions.
This paper can be downloaded from SSRN here.


NumberParser provides an intuitive framework which most of programmers should be able to start using right away.
Get the NumberParser.dll and NumberParser.XML (storing all the IntelliSense information) files, via the corresponding NuGet package or by downloading their last versions, and make sure that your code refers to the FlexibleParser namespace.
Take a look at the readme file and do the first tests. You might also be interested in watching this video, which shows the most distinctive features of NumberParser.


Just in time for Valentine's Day, your Colorado Symphony offers a uniquely American look at the themes of love across multiple decades. Herrmann's "Scene d'amour" from Hitchcock's Vertigo provides a passionate backing for one of cinema's most powerful portrayals of romantic longing, while mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor lends her exquisite voice to Lieberson's Neruda Songs, a collection of five sonnets written by Pablo Neruda tracing the arc of love's evolution. Diamond's Romeo and Juliet offers a musical interpretation on Shakespeare's seminal romantic work while Bernstein's Symphonic Dances from West Side Story provides an updated 20th-century look at the classic Romeo and Juliet story. You won't want to miss our special Valentine's Day performance on February 14.
The running time of this performance is approximately 1 hour and 36 minutes. This includes one 20-minute intermission.
Boettcher Concert Hall is at the southwest end of the Denver Performing Arts Complex (DPAC) located at 14th and Curtis Streets in downtown Denver. It's easy to find and there are two large parking garages available within walking distance: the DPAC Garage and the Colorado Convention Center Garage. Please arrive early to ensure ease of parking and an on-time arrival. With numerous other events happening at the DPAC all the time, parking fills up quickly. Late arrivals will be seated during the first available break. We strongly encourage alternate forms of transportation.
Frequently Asked Questions/Know before you go!
Have questions about what to wear, when to clap, or if you can bring the kids?
If you don't see the answer to your question, feel free to contact Colorado Symphony Concierge Rob Warner at concierge@coloradosymphony.org, or call the Box Office at 303.623.7876.
This weekend's performances feature a special Prelude Lecture featuring Assistant Conductor Bertie Baigent, and on Saturday night only, a Talkback with Music Director Brett Mitchell and soprano Kelley O'Connor.
Join Us Before Each Classics Series Performance!
Join your Colorado Symphony for Preludes—pre-concert events to enhance your experience! Preludes take place at 6:30 p.m. (FRI & SAT) and 12 p.m. (SUN) in Boettcher Concert Hall, before every Classics performance, and are included with your concert ticket.
Prelude Lectures: Classical music author and historian Betsy Schwarm will share information about the composers and pieces on the program. Ms. Schwarm is a celebrated Denver icon. Catch her in action before hearing your Colorado Symphony!
Prelude Workshops: Be ready to participate! Take your mind, body, and spirit to a deeper listening plane with Catherine Beeson, Assistant Principal Violist and Director of Community Education Programs for your Colorado Symphony. Catherine will guide you to an internal understanding of the music you'll be hearing by encouraging your super powers of inquiry, observation and application.
Immediately following select Classics performances, enjoy a Talkback—special 15-minute, post-concert discussions with the guest artist or conductor. Talkbacks take place in Boettcher Concert Hall and are included with your concert ticket. To find out which performances include a Talkback, check the individual concert webpage or contact the Colorado Symphony Concierge, Robert Warner at 303.534.0759 or concierge@coloradosymphony.org.
*Subject to change, and to guest artist/conductor availability.


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Application deadline for the program is 1 June, 2019.
For the academic year 2019-2020 the Vrije Universiteit Brussel will grant several full scholarships of 10 000,00 EUR per year to students of the European Master of Science in Photonics at VUB. This scholarship is foreseen to cover cost of living inherent to studying in Brussels.
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Facts are overrated in political and moral debates. They're fragile and impotent. They don't do the work expected of them. What follows is an explanation of why no one should be persuaded by most facts. This is not a rehashing of the well known inability of facts to persuade emotional beings. Nor is it a postmodern denial of truth. My point is that facts which are absolutely true can be absolutely irrelevant in overlooked ways.
The term 'unit of analysis' comes from the quantitative social sciences. It refers to the specific type of thing a scientist wants to measure and compare. For example, an economist comparing the GDP of Mexico to the GDP of Japan is using 'country' as his unit of analysis. A psychologist conducting a controlled experiment is taking 'treatment group' as his unit of analysis.
Unit of analysis is not to be confused with the unit of observation, which is the unit described by one's data. For example, a study may have a unit of observation at the individual level but may have the unit of analysis at the neighborhood level, drawing conclusions on neighborhood characteristics from data collected from individuals.
When two scientists choose two different units of analysis, they may come to apparently opposite conclusions, both of which are true. In applied statistics, this is known as Simpson's paradox. One of the best-known examples of Simpson's paradox is a study of gender bias among graduate school admissions at University of California, Berkeley. The admission figures for the fall of 1973 showed that men applying to the university were more likely than women to be admitted. But it was found that men were not more likely than women to be admitted by the academic departments which make up the university. This is explained by the fact that women tended to apply to departments with low rates of admission among qualified applicants (such as the English Department), whereas men tended to apply to departments with high rates of admission among the qualified applicants (such as engineering and chemistry).
In this example, the statement 'men are more likely to be accepted' is true, taking 'university' as the unit of analysis. At the same time, given the same data, the statement 'women are more likely to be accepted' is true, taking 'department' as the unit of analysis. These are literally alternative facts. Both statements are true, but which is more relevant? That depends on the question the facts are meant to answer. A question about the university as an indivisible whole calls for one correct answer, while a question about the departments calls for the opposite correct answer. So the real question is, what's the right question? Since nobody applies to the university as an indivisible whole, the right question is about the departments, and so the relevant fact is that women are admitted at a higher rate than men. The fact that women are admitted to the university at a lower rate than men is irrelevant.
Now we see that the question must specify a unit of analysis if we want a coherent answer. The same is true of questions asked in moral and political philosophy. What kind of society is most fair, or most safe, or most just, or most beneficial, or most free? No matter which question one sets out to answer, the question must specify a unit of analysis. Most fair for whom? For people. But for people at which scale? For individuals, or for families, or for neighborhoods, or for genders, or for races? Simpson's paradox implies that two philosophers who ask the same question with different units of analysis will sometimes come to opposite conclusions.
If one were to make moral judgements about the admissions at Berkeley, for example, conclusions would depend on the units of analysis chosen as units of moral agency, and the unit of moral harm. Suppose we take the 'individual' to be the unit of moral harm. Then we care about outcomes for individuals, and individual applicants only apply to single departments, so we will look for evidence of departmental treatment of applicants, and find no bias against women. Or suppose we take gender as the unit of moral harm. Then we have an array of contradictory units of moral agency from which to choose. Is the whole of the university an agent which produces an outcome (bias against women)? Or are the departments agents which each produce their own outcomes (no bias against women)? Or maybe we decide that a societal system of male bias is the relevant agent, which should be counteracted by a system of localized female bias in the university. Each of these a priori units of analysis leads to different conclusions about the moral character of grad school admissions at Berkeley.
Now if a single moral judgement depends on unit of analysis, then surely a political philosophy which imagines some sort of societal structure that maximizes some moral values (whatever they may be), must also depend on unit of analysis.
As we have seen, apparently conflicting conclusions can all be correct, given different a priori units of analysis. But is there such a thing as a correct unit of analysis? Philosophers have used state, economic class, gender, individual, race, neighborhood, and many other units. And there are practically infinitely many more ways in which it is possible to group people for analysis. The choice of unit is a choice between an infinite number of options. I have argued elsewhere that 'individual' is the only correct unit of moral analysis. But here, my goal is just to show that true facts are irrelevant if their units of analysis are wrong, and since there are so many possible units of analysis, a person with an opinion should have a good reason for choosing one unit over the others.
Citing true facts is child's play. If you're interested in moving from facts to Truth, you need a good reason to believe your facts are relevant, which means you need a good reason to believe your questions are relevant.
I agree individuals should be the unit of analysis, but at some point groups come into play when groups of individuals diverge from others. Does this negate truth or is truth a matter of select facts as a coin has two sides but is still a coin.
In my opinion, group analysis can only be used to address group problems. However, when you go and implement a policy or solution to rectify group problems, you must be willing to accept (or willfully ignore) that you're going to end up with more individual or subgroup problems. As in the example cited by the author, if you apply a blanket policy to university admissions so that men and women have equal admission rates overall, you'll probably find that this creates an even greater disparity at the department level in favor of women. You'll still get the intended results, but in the process you will have effectively implemented active discrimination against men and possibly have lowered the average quality of the individuals admitted.
Thank you, this has clarified some of my own thinking. I struggle in a male dominated occupation (policing) which aspires to 50:50. It is not going to happen unless merit is thrown out the window. No one has suggested that Nursing should aspire to 50:50 albeit there are some wonderful male nurses. My question is"How should diversity be measured?
An alternative question is: Why should diversity be measured?
What's the intent? Is it to measure a shortfall? If so, where? Of whom? Seems to me it should be applied uniformly then if we're using it as the basis to craft policies to rejigger society. I'm sure this may upset many of the women who are about 90% of veterinary science students and will have to be expelled to jobs where women are greatly under represented. Deep sea fishing, for example. Hey, it's working with animals still. Always a silver lining.
No one has suggested that Nursing should aspire to 50:50 albeit there are some wonderful male nurses.
Why not? OK, I'm not only suggesting it, I'm demanding it. End the institutionalised and systemic under representation of men in nursing.
I think people ought to really think about the mantras they're encouraged if not coerced to profess.
If 'individual' is the unit you care about, then 'diversity' is neither good nor bad.
In a world perfectly fair to individuals, there would be no discrimination against women trying to become police officers, but there would still be far fewer of them than the men.
But for people at which scale? For individuals, or for families, or for neighborhoods, or for genders, or for races?
LOL oops. I was going to say the answer is easy, Freedom. But seriously, good article, gave me something to really think about, which is rare these days. Thank you.
Citing true facts is child's play.
Indeed. If we look at the demography game being played by activists it's simple maths, i.e. addition, subtraction, and division, distinguishing gender, which could become very burdensome because there are 92 of them; and recognising a few colours, and perhaps shades if and when colourism takes hold.
This is being perpetrated by people with uni educations, often possessing advanced degrees.
refreshing read and a relevant message!
two things that crossed my mind is how much an individual (especially young people) are actually influenced by groups and how much they try to belong to one. In other words, I wonder if the statement to assess at individual unit level isn't based an idealized world view. My generation accepted individuality as something worth striving for, and I would certainly agree with the author, but I'm not sure to which degree that is currently the case and what it means for following generations. Think of how helpful or not it was for the average peasant or factory worker in the distant past.
Great article. You offered a satisfying explanation of your claim, and I only had to scroll twice! Simpson's rule is quite profound, and most explanations I have encountered have been divisive persuasion essays. This was a nicely balanced explanation which addressed a charged issue with logic and tact.
My only nitpick is regarding in the conclusions of differing units of analysis for univserity admission. At the university level, the conclusion rightly yields "bias against women" since women are accepted at a lower rate than men overall. An equal, alternative statement would be "bias for men". At the department level, men have lower acceptance rates than women, which should lead to the conclusion of "bias against men" or "bias for women". Instead, "no bias against women" is used as a neutral conclusion where the result is clearly (as stated earlier in the article) that women have higher department level acceptance rates.
This inconsistency demonstrates an even deeper error made by people blinded by confirmation bias: the inability to admit or tolerate a truth which doesn't match their biased expectations. I'm not accusing the author of unmitigated confirmation bias, I just thought it was worthwhile to point this out.
I really enjoyed reading this piece, and that is a fact.
Some day, Western thinkers will come to grips with the idea that there is no "Truth", only truths, and that some of these will be inherently contradictory and irreconcilable.
Right on. And many of the units of analysis and the reasons for prioritising them, are not spoken about, merely implied.
Much of it will probably go back to whether and how one's bases of reasoning include the Hebraic god or not.
A classic case of wrong unit of analysis is when people talk about the "middle class" getting poorer over some time period. But there is no such thing as the middle class over time. Young people make less and gradually increase their wages over time. Longitudinal data show that a large percent of the population makes it into the top 10% for at least a year. Likewise, much of the top 1% is only in it for a year or two (due to stock options or inheritance or such). The 1% is different people over time.
The more useful metric would involve upward mobility, not income inequality. I personally never experience income inequality except by reading about billionaires but I do personally experience my path of upward mobility.
Hello ccscientist. I'm interested in what you said. Can you provide the data you are referring to? I'd appreciate it very much, thanks.
Fantastic article, with a great example to help explain it. I've often worried about the misuse of statistics, particularly in my field, education.


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Aldermen's wing Alkmaar Town Hall
A nod to the past
The monumental town hall on the Langestraat in Alkmaar houses the administrative functions, wedding room and fraction rooms. The first building parts date from the early 16th century and are built in Gothic style. Various buildings were added in the following centuries. The building was radically restored in the early 20th century by architect Jan Stuyt.
Proof of the sum has been commissioned to renovate the aldermen's wing on the first floor at the Schoutenstraat. With this renovation a clear working environment has been created for all aldermen. In addition, the two style rooms on this floor are designed as a meeting room for mayor and aldermen (B&W-room), and an adjoining informal consultation and relaxation room ("Burgemeesterenkamer").
A contemporary working environment has been created in the style rooms while preserving and activating the historically valuable elements. In both rooms, the monumental cupboards have been made useful again by building in a number of facilities (presentation screens, library and storage for disposables). A fully automatic coffee point is subtly concealed in a new detached object.
Particular attention has been paid to the walls in the design. In the relaxation room, the dark blue color provides a strong contrast with the existing style elements, so that they are visually enhanced. A new wallpaper has been designed in the mayor's room by Anouk van de Sande. At first sight traditional but with deeper layers on closer inspection.
The aldermen's rooms have a different floorplan and size, based on historical growth. To provide peace and uniformity, one 'work-object' has been developed for all rooms. This detached object includes a workplace, semicircular conference table and a reading bench. Facilities such as a movable presentation screen and plants have been carefully concealed in this furniture. New designed wooden parquet floors in various graphic patterns reinforce the freestanding furniture and make the different spaces more readable. The dark green color scheme of walls and curtains increases the intimacy in the rooms and emphasizes their height. The completely renewed lighting has been carefully integrated into the existing ceilings.
The suspended luminaires above the working islands form a contemporary nod to the classic chandelier. The chairs in the conference room refer to a stately past in the same way. In the coming period, the wall of every room adjacent to the connecting corridor will increasingly be provided with various art objects from the collection of the city of Alkmaar.
Client: City of Alkmaar
Users: Mayor and alderman
Team: Roy Pype, Natalia Sulkowska-Bakker, Ovidija Zemaityté
Consultants: Anouk van de Sande
Contractors: De Boorder & Koreman BV, Tim-Wai Elektrotechniek, Gispen
Visualization: Proof of the sum
Photography: Marcel van der Burg
Historical photos: Stadsarchief Alkmaar
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While Highwood USA's total product offering has grown quickly, many customers know them for their Adirondack Collection. "The collection's synthetic wood chairs combine elegance and strength," says Quarmley. "These all-season chairs offer curved backs, optional cushions, 3-stage reclining, and easy folding for transport and storage." With flexibility in mind, Highwood USA makes the chairs available in child, adult and king sizes.
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An Old El Paso television advert featuring the actor Danny Trejo has been described as "menacing", "horrifying" and "very disturbing" in a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
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The complainant said the ad promotes violence and should be removed from the air.
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The complainant goes on to say that the ad may have been watched by children and teenagers who could've found it very disturbing.
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Sir Brian Souter (born 5 May 1954) is a Scottish businessman. With his sister, Dame Ann Gloag, he founded the Stagecoach Group of bus and rail operators. He also founded the bus and coach operator Megabus, the train operating company South West Trains, his investments company Souter Holdings Ltd, and the Souter Charitable Trust.

Souter has been politically active in Scotland, and supported the Scottish National Party (SNP) financially. In 2000, when the Scottish Executive proposed to repeal Section 2A of the Local Government Act, which prevented local authorities from "promoting homosexuality", Souter started the Keep the Clause campaign to oppose their plans, spending £1 million of his own money to organise a private referendum across Scotland. This campaign and other controversial statements have led opponents to accuse him of homophobia.

In 2011, he was knighted for services to transport and the voluntary sector. The honour was criticised by Scottish Labour Party politicians and by gay rights campaigners.

In October 2019, Souter announced the donation of 28% of the total shares in Souter Investments to charitable causes, with an estimated value of £109 million. This was described in The Scotsman as "what could be the largest charitable donation by a Scot since ... Andrew Carnegie". This came after Souter's charitable trust had already spent over £98 million supporting "13,000 worthwhile causes" over 13 years.

According to the Sunday Times Rich List in 2020, Souter and his sister Ann Gloag are worth £730 million, a decrease of £145 million from the previous year.

Life and career

Childhood  and education

Souter was born in the Scottish city of Perth. His father was a bus driver and as a child Brian often travelled on bus routes with his father.
At school he developed an interest in economics and accounts, about which he later said, "Changing my timetable from maths to include economics and accounts was one of the best things I've ever done."

On leaving school, he studied at the Dundee Institute of Technology (which became Abertay University in 1994) to become a commerce teacher. On completion he studied at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, where he graduated with a CA Diploma in Accountancy and Economics. Following his graduation, Souter became a Chartered Accountant at Arthur Andersen & Co.

Stagecoach

Using his father's redundancy money, with his sister Ann Gloag and his brother-in-law Robin Gloag he established the Stagecoach Group in 1980, running buses from Dundee to London. Following the deregulation of bus services in Great Britain, expansion continued, and in the late 1980s Stagecoach acquired National Bus Company subsidiaries in Cumberland and Hampshire, and the East Midlands, Ribble, Southdown and United Counties companies. Stagecoach also bought bus operations in Scotland, Newcastle and London, with Manchester being added a few years later. In 1993, Stagecoach was valued at £134 million and was floated on the London Stock Exchange to access capital for new opportunities for buses and trains overseas.

By the mid 1990s, Stagecoach developed its interests in Australia and New Zealand. The company further expanded with the purchase of Citybus, an operator of buses and ferries in Hong Kong, and Coach USA, the largest bus and coach operator in the US and Canada. Souter became Chief Executive, and later sold off much of Coach USA.

Stagecoach then bought a number of the new small bus companies and ran free or low-fare buses to put local rivals out of business. In Darlington, Stagecoach subsidiary Busways offered bounties to recruit drivers from the existing bus service and offered free buses to deter the rival preferred bidder from taking over that service. This practice was deemed as "predatory, deplorable and against the public interest" according to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.

In 2009, Souter received a £1.6m bonus. Stating "it was felt that in the present economic climate it would not be right for any individual to pocket a bonus package of £1.6million", he donated £900,000 to his own charity, the Souter Charitable Trust, which assists humanitarian projects in the UK and overseas. Most of the remainder was given to the staff pension fund.

In August 2012, it was announced that Souter would become Chairman of Stagecoach Group on 1 May 2013, finance director Martin Griffiths replacing Souter as CEO. It was announced in December 2019 that Souter would step down from his role as Chairman at the end of the year, but remain on the board as a non-executive director.

Rail operations

Shortly after Souter floated Stagecoach on the London Stock Exchange, he turned his attention to British railways. Initial experiments consisted of a Scotland to London service branded Stagecoach Rail with carriages attached to the Caledonian Sleeper. During the privatisation of British Rail, Stagecoach bid successfully to operate the South West Trains franchise from 1996 followed by the Island Line Trains later the same year. Stagecoach successfully bid to retain both when retendered in 2001 and 2006, before they passed to South Western Railway in 2017.

In 1998, Stagecoach purchased a 49% shareholding in Virgin Rail Group that operated the CrossCountry and West Coast franchises. In 2007, Stagecoach commenced operating the East Midlands Trains franchise. From April 2015 until June 2018, Virgin Trains East Coast, in which Stagecoach held a 90% share, operated the InterCity East Coast franchise.

Megabus

In 2003, Souter added the bus and coach operator Megabus to the group. With its slogan "Low Cost Inter City Travel Serving Europe", it offered discounted travel across the UK and Europe. In 2012 it operated in 31 cities in the UK with a turnover in excess of £2 billion, with annual profits of over £250 million.

In April 2013 Souter announced a new Megabus overnight sleeper service from Scotland to London. The sleeper coaches cost £5 million to build, and have 53 leather seats which can be converted into 42 bunk beds. Passengers receive a onesie for sleeping in during the trip. This service ended in May 2017, due to it being consistently loss-making, and the coaches are now only used on daytime services.

Souter Investments

Souter has more than 200 private investments, which are managed by his company, Souter Investments. It makes investments across a broad range of asset classes, with a primary focus on private equity and a portfolio of more than 25 direct unquoted investments. The total portfolio, excluding Stagecoach, has increased in value by 9% per annum over 12 years.

Highland Global Transport

Souter and his sister Ann Gloag formed Highland Global Transport in 2012. It owns a portfolio of transport related investments valued at more than £600million including:
Stagecoach Group (26%)
Istanbul Deniz Otobusleri, a ferry operator on the Bosphoros and Sea of Marmara, Turkey (held by HGT shareholders direct)
PolskiBus, an intercity coach service operator in Poland, sold to Flixbus in December 2017
Alexander Dennis, a bus and coach manufacturer in UK, Asia and North America
Argent Energy, a biodiesel manufacturer
Sunseeker, a luxury motor yacht manufacturer
OnniBus (75%), an intercity coach operator in Finland purchased in May 2014, sold October 2018
SuperBus.com, an intercity coach operator in Baltic states

InMotion Group

Highland Global Transport has purchased and established a number of subsidiaries in New Zealand. In August 2015, these were brought together under the one umbrella as the InMotion Group with 340 buses and coaches and 17 ferries.

Mana Coach Services, an urban bus operator in Wellington
Howick & Eastern Buses, an urban bus operator in Auckland
Fullers Group (Fullers360), operator of commuter and tourist ferry services on Auckland Harbour and Hauraki Gulf
ManaBus, an inter-city coach operator
Naked Bus, an inter-city coach operator
Reesby Buses, 40 vehicle coach operator

ManaBus and Naked Bus ceased operation on 15 July 2018, with the bus fleets being sold to Ritchies Transport. Reesby Buses was also sold to Ritchies in February 2019. Mana Coach Services and Howick & Eastern Buses were sold to Transdev Australasia in October and November 2019 respectively. This leaves Fullers Group (Fullers360) as Souter's only subsidiary in New Zealand as of November 2019.

Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland

In April 2015, Souter was officially appointed Vice President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, alongside newly appointed President, Jim Pettigrew. Souter, who qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1984, was the sole nominee for the vice-president role. In May 2017 the organisation appointed him as its president.

Political activity

Section 28

In 2000, the Scottish Executive proposed the abolition of Section 28 laws, which forbade local authorities from "intentionally promoting homosexuality". Souter was a prominent leader of the Keep the Clause campaign, which sought to prevent its abolition. In Scotland, where Section 28 was known as clause 2A, Souter spent £1 million on the first privately funded postal referendum across Scotland to gauge public opinion. A spokesman for Souter stated "He is not in this for personal glory. He is fighting this battle because he is a father and committed Christian."

3,970,712 ballot papers were posted out and 31.8% valid votes were returned, a turnout rate lower than any Scottish national election. 86.8% were in favour of keeping Clause 28, 13.2% in favour of repeal.

Souter pointed out that the number of people who voted to keep the clause exceeded the number of votes cast for any single political party in Scotland at any election over the preceding ten years, although Scottish voters usually choose from four main parties, not two options. The campaign was ultimately unsuccessful.

Souter's campaign group approached the Electoral Reform Society to organise the ballot through its ballot services subsidiary. The society refused the request as it believed the poll "would not be a legitimate democratic exercise to ask people to give an opinion on the repeal of Section 28 without knowing the detail of what would replace it". Many groups hostile to Souter's stance had called for a public boycott of the poll, and accordingly claimed that as only a minority voted this was a defeat for Souter and his supporters. Mainstream politicians, including the Scottish National Party (which Souter has supported) largely ignored his poll and disputed whether the result was a true reflection of public opinion, with the Scottish Executive stating that the public had been fed a diet of "misinformation and lies" by Souter's campaign group. The Communities Minister, Wendy Alexander MSP, criticised the poll, stating "I think what is significant about today's ballot is that two out of three voters rejected, or binned or simply ignored this glorified opinion poll." Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell stated that "Brian Souter's support for Section 28 is the moral equivalent of the business-funded campaign to maintain racial segregation in the Deep South of the USA in the 1950s." Tatchell said that Souter's campaign was "hateful" and that it is clear that he was using his vast fortune to try to keep a cruel and "bigoted law" intact.

Donations to SNP and other political parties

Souter was a major financial supporter of the Scottish National Party (SNP). In March 2007, he donated £500,000, citing an imbalance of funding within Scottish politics. He stated that it was his intention to redress an imbalance in funding: "as long as I can remember, the case for the union has been hugely financed by cash from London, while the case for independence has lacked resources. I hope my donation will help redress this imbalance". Following the donation, SNP leader Alex Salmond was criticised for "pandering to homophobia" by accepting the donation. Salmond thanked Souter for his support, calling him "one of the outstanding entrepreneurs of his generation". One month later, in April 2007, the SNP's commitment (made at the party's 2006 conference) to re-regulate the bus network was dropped from the 2007 manifesto, although the SNP denied any direct link.

In February 2011 Souter again pledged financial support for the SNP, promising to match every pound they raised with a donation of up to £500,000. Announcing his support he said Salmond and the SNP deserved a second term in office. The SNP won a resounding victory in the election with Salmond being returned unopposed as First Minister.

The BBC reported in August 2014 that Souter had donated £1 million to the campaign for Scottish independence. Since Nicola Sturgeon became SNP leader in November 2014, Souter has made no further donation, but in December 2014 he gave £3,500 to the Lewes branch of the Liberal Democrats.

Charitable work

In 1992 Souter and his wife set up the Souter Charitable Trust, which assists humanitarian projects in the UK and overseas, especially, but not exclusively, those with a Christian emphasis. Projects include the prevention of malaria and supplying daily meals to school children in Africa. The Trust has donated more than £98m to 13,000 worthwhile causes.

Groups funded annually by the trust include Tearfund, The Message Trust, Oasis Trust and Jam International.

In April 2019, Souter's company Stagecoach Southeast was announced as the sponsor of the annual Turner Prize for visual artists, but the sponsorship was ended a few days later by mutual agreement after public criticism of Souter's involvement in the sponsorship.

Honours and awards

In 1989 Souter received an award from the Scottish Business Achievement Award Trust.

In 1997 he was granted an honorary degree from Strathclyde University.

In 1998 he was awarded the Scottish Entrepreneur Award.

In 1999 he received his second honorary degree, from Abertay University.

In 2004 he was honoured with the Businessman of the Year award at the Insider Elite Awards.

In 2008 he was given a Special Recognition Award for services to the bus industry.

In June 2010 he was given a Special Career Service Award at the "Talent In Mobility" Awards, part of the European Mobility Exhibition held in Paris for the public transport industry.

In October 2010 he was awarded the Ernst & Young UK Master Entrepreneur of the Year.

In 2011 he was presented with an outstanding achievement award at the 2011 Perthshire Chamber of Commerce Business Star Awards.

On 18 April 2012 he was inducted into the British Travel and Hospitality Industry Hall of Fame, the first public transport entrepreneur to receive the honour.

Knighthood

Souter was knighted in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to transport and the voluntary sector. This proved controversial, and was criticised by Scottish Labour MP Cathy Jamieson, who suggested a link between the knighthood and the large amounts of money he has donated to the Scottish National Party. In a public statement, Jamieson said: "The First Minister and his party must look seriously at the relationship they have developed with wealthy individuals handing them large sums of cash. The public will rightly be asking what's next on Mr Souter's shopping list?" Salmond denied any wrongdoing in the matter and referred himself for investigation after calls for a probe by Scottish MP Jim Sheridan. An independent report, conducted by Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, cleared Salmond of any wrongdoing, asserting that "There appears to me to have been no breach of the ministerial code by Alex Salmond as First Minister and he should be wholly exonerated of any breach."

Souter's knighthood was also criticised by gay rights campaigners, who felt that the honour was insulting to the gay community and was effectively rewarding homophobia, given Souter's past campaigning. A petition to have the knighthood withdrawn received 5000 signatures by July 2011.

Personal life

In 1998, Souter described English Northerners (who make up a considerable proportion of his customers) as "the beer-drinking, chip-eating, council house-dwelling, old Labour-voting masses."

Souter lives in Perth, Scotland with his wife and four children. He is a member of the Church of the Nazarene, and attends Trinity Church of the Nazarene in Perth,.

References

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